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Energy Policy: The Biggest Problem Facing Virginia’s Next Governor

When the smoke clears on the November elections and Virginia has a new governor and a different House of Delegates, energy policy will still head the list of crucial...

Equal Opportunity Demands More Than Public Schools Can Give

May 17 marked the 71st anniversary of the 1954 court decision called Brown v. Board...

Virginia Faces Power Shortages as Lawmakers Stall on Energy Reform

Here we go again. As the 2025 election year heats up and warnings rise about electricity...

Roanoke City Council Shares the Blame

It is very disingenuous, but easy for the city council to blame the previous city...

Youngkin Moves to Curb Energy Price Hikes, Questions Clean Economy Act

With one exception, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin (R) has now vetoed the contested energy bills...

A Lack of Competition in Obamacare Hurts Patients

“It’s a crazy system.” That’s what Bill Clinton had to say about Obamacare recently. It’s not often that we agree on something, but I...

Sanctuary Cities Ignore the Law

We are a nation of laws. That principle was important to our Founders, and it is rightfully at the very core of our government....

Limestone, Granite, and Coal, Oh Mine!

There is a long history of mining in our region, which has provided employment, economic growth, and a way of life. In the Ninth...

Backing Up the Blueprint

Ever since Congress established the Chesapeake Bay Program more than three decades ago in 1983, watershed states have worked in collaboration with federal partners to restore...

To the Honorable Mayor and Honorable City Council Members: The Patrick Henry Stadium Proffers

I am concerned about the application process for the change in the Patrick Henry Proffers. According to the GIS part of the Patrick Henry...

Congressman Bob Goodlatte’s Letter to The Director of the FBI Concerning Hillary Clinton

July 5, 2016 Honorable James B. Comey Director Federal Bureau of Investigation 935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20535 Dear Director Comey: I am concerned that despite finding former Secretary...